Bay to Breakers Traditional Cache
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The Bay to Breakers is an annual footrace which takes place in San Francisco, California on the third Sunday of May. The name reflects the fact that the race starts at the northeast end of the downtown area a few blocks from The Embarcadero (adjacent to San Francisco Bay) and runs west through the city to finish at the Great Highway (adjacent to the Pacific coast, where breakers crash onto Ocean Beach).
The complete course is 7.46 miles (12.01 km) long. The event is well known for many participants wearing costumes, and a few engaging in varying degrees of public nudity. The event was officially the world's largest footrace from 1986 (with 110,000 participants) until it was surpassed in 2010.
Robert J. Vlught, a student at St. Mary's College and newspaper copy-boy, won the first annual Cross-City Race on January 1, 1912 in a time of 44:10. In 1965, the name of the race was changed to Bay to Breakers.
Started as a way to lift the city's spirits after the disastrous 1906 San Francisco earthquake, it is the longest consecutively run footrace in the world.
The Bay to Breakers is known for the large number of unregistered runners, or "bandits", who participate in the race.
There is a special division of the race in which 13 runners are connected as a unit entitled "centipedes". Bay to Breakers is the official site of the World Centipede Running Championships.
Cache placement approved by Martin Morse, park service specialist.
Obey all speed limits.
All wheels off the road.
Do not block gates.
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